Laws of learning

1. Laws of readiness: Learning is controlled by the state of learners prior to learning whether to learner are physically fir and mentally ready to learn or not? It depends much upon his/her desire and will to learn.

2. Laws of exercise: learners will become ready to learn when they feel that their needs and motives will be satisfied by learning new behavior. Laws of exercise: what is practiced is learned. Emphasize on the practice and use of knowledge otherwise forgotten when discontinued. This law can be classified in broad two categories

a) Law of use: “Practice makes man perfect” if one wants to learn anything such as seed treatment techniques one can do so by repetition. When action is exercised again and again it gets strengthen and in future it becomes easy to perform with greater efficiency.

b) Law of disuse: “Out of sight out of mind” is a common dictum. Unused practice is liked to forgot it due to not use in long time

3. Laws of effect: “Nothing succeeds like success”. Learners learn more rapidly and permanently when the learning experiences satisfying and pleasing tend to be repeated and learnt quickly. This means that learner in field extension work repeat those successful experiences which are economically profitable and socially acceptable.

4. Laws of belongingness: The teacher should help the learners to perceive the relationship between various elements for example;

a) Cause and effect relationship b) Known and unknown relationship

c) old and new relationship d) specific to general relationship